Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20141229
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '24 at 12:11
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 74.6 2-Core 138 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 382 37% 305 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.7% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 37.6 Parallax 62.4 39% 49.3 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 51.3 Splatting 25.8 29% 36.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asgard AN256NVMe-M.2/80 256GB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 141% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 193 397 459 302 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 1,052 Write 399 Mixed 116 SusWrite 306 102% 468 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 7.7 86% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 429 DQ Write 19.3 DQ Mixed 233 167% 227 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 197%
P3-1TB 1TB 2,113 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 594GB free Firmware: T180731 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 370 340 350 370 378 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 428 Write 414 Mixed 363 SusWrite 359 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 36.9 125% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 238 177% 235 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 105%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 801GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 134 134 135 135 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 134 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 133 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,734 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	60	17"	1280 720	HWP2609 hp f1723

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	943x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16